20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 22. 1975
Farm Employment Up
For the first time in 20
years, farm employment in
some areas, Including
Pennsylvania, is increasing,
according to an economist
with the College of
Agriculture at The Penn
sylvania Slate University.
“At least for the time
being, hired farm em
ployment in increasing as
individual farms grow larger
and the farm work force
becomes more in
dustrialized,” declared Dr.
James S. Holt in addressing
members of the State
Horticultural Association at
their 116th annual meeting in
Gettysburg.
It appears, he said, that
the effects of mechanization
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and consolidation have run
their course on farm em
ployment. He is associate
professor of agricultural
economics at Penn State.
Hired farm employment
declined steadily for over 20
years In Pennsylvania and
reached a low level of about
16,000 workers in 1969, Dr.
Holt reported. It remained
stable at about that level
through 1972, he added, and
then increased by almost a
third to 21,000 workers in
1974. Peak seasonal hired
employment increased from
a low of 26,000 workers in
1971 to 32,000 in 1974.
Relatively high levels of
unemployment are predicted
well into 1976, it was pointed
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out. This means, he said, the
the supply of agricultural
workers will be increased by
non-farm people - at least
during the next two growing
seasons.
Increased unemployment,
however, will not slow down
appreciably the rise in farm
wage rates, Dr. Holt af
firmed. The average hourly
farm wage rate rose 12 cents
in 1974 to 12.11 an hour. A
similar rise is likely in 1975,
he predicted, due in part to
the effects of the increased
agricultural minimum wage.
From the standpoint of
employment regulations, he
said there is a strong trend
toward eliminating special
exemptions for agriculture.
Arguments that removal of
special exemptions for farm
employment would
eliminate some workers
from the labor market are
likely to fall on deaf ears
during periods of high
general employment, he
noted.
Organizing efforts of
workers will continue, Dr.
Holt indicated. There is at
least the possiblity of
agricultural labor relations
legislation being passed by
Congress in the next 2 or 3
years, he added.
“Such legislation is bound
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to restrict the overall supply
of workers and increase
wage rates. At the same
time, it may have some
advantages to employers in
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market while improving the
social status of farm work,"
he stated.
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